Does the institution have an employee assistance or wellness program that provides counseling, referral, and well-being services to employees?:

Yes

A brief description of the employee wellness program, policy, or practice:

The College provides a large number of wellness-related programs including sponsorship of the Optimum Health Initiative Committee - an employee committee that actively promotes a variety of wellness programs and activities including: healthy eating workshops, yoga, Pilates, weight loss, and smoking cessation classes. The College’s medical insurance plan offers a confidential on-line Health Risk Assessment (https://lin04.cbabluevt.com/50643_index/Page966.htm), and partners with a company called Health Care Strategies to provide a nurse help-line, care-gap identification and health counseling, a MaterniCare program, etc. The Employee & Family Assistance Program provides a large variety of physical and mental wellness resources via its extensive wellness website and consultation services (https://wellnesscorp.personaladvantage.com/). All employees have access to the EFAP resources (http://www.middlebury.edu/about/handbook/employee/benefits/efap.) .

The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:

---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE
staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution and complete the Data Inquiry Form.

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System

(STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and
universities to measure their sustainability performance.